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Earlier tweet from WSDOT: There it goes, exiting off Mercer. Seriously, that's a tough situation and we're glad no one was hurt. Thanks to all responding crews for helping get the bus off safely and for getting traffic back moving.

Earlier tweet from WSDOT: You've heard of the walk of shame? This is the drive of shame.

Earlier tweet from WSDOT: There goes the bus. ...again. Let's see what happens!

Jeff Switzer, spokesperson with King County Metro Transit, said he's heard of a handful of similar incidents in the past decade.

Earlier tweet from WSDOT: So the bus gave up on turning around, drove off and ran into all the stopped traffic. Oh brother.

Jeff Switzer, spokesperson with King County Metro Transit, said it's still too early in their investigation to say whether the driver was impaired.

Earlier tweet from WSDOT: This is kind of an Austin Powers thing watching this bus try to turn around.

"This driver is going to face consequences," said Jeff Switzer, spokesperson with King County Metro Transit.

Earlier tweet from WSDOT: That is probably a pretty lonely, quiet drive.

Jeff Switzer, spokesperson with King County Metro Transit, said they worked with the state patrol and state transportation department to move that long bus full of passengers down I-5.

$Earlier tweet from WSDOT: So there goes the bus. "This is a very serious safety infraction and we're glad no one was injured," said Jeff Switzer, spokesperson with King County Metro Transit.$

Earlier tweet from WSDOT: Here's the rolling slowdown in the express lanes.

Jeff Switzer, spokesperson with King County Metro Transit, says the bus, on Route 41, entered the southbound express lanes at the Northgate transit center.

A King County Metro bus had to be turned around on the I-5 Express Lanes Wednesday afternoon. The bus began going southbound on the Express ramp after the lanes had already been switched to the northbound direction.

WSDOT tweeted the event:
Don't know how or why, but this bus ended up on express lanes in the wrong direction. Passengers are still on the bus. They're going to do a rolling slowdown to get the bus turned around. A trooper is out with the bus and hopefully it will be clear in a few minutes.

Wrong-way bus on I-5 Express Lanes